Arts & Culture

Explore Harvard’s vibrant arts scene—from campus exhibitions and theater to cultural analysis and literary reviews. Discover how creativity shapes the Harvard experience.

A vibrant group of dancers in colorful outfits poses on a stage with shiny decorations.

The Harvard Arts Medalist wants his smash-hit Cats revival to reach “as many young queer people” as possible.

by Schuyler Velasco

The Untold Story of Watercolors

Harvard Art Museums' exhibit highlights unsung facets of American watercolor.

by Nancy Walecki

Photograph of stone bridge over a pond in a park

Happenings in Hartford

Literary legacies, parks, festivals—and more

by Nell Porter-Brown

Two women seated looking into the film camera, from Japanese film Tokyo Story

Films by a Japanese Master

The Harvard Film Archive’s “Complete Ozu Yasujirō”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Gram Parsons stands in front of a bus in Harvard Square

Sound as Ever

Gram Parsons and Harvard’s hand in country rock

by Nancy Walecki

A live sketch from Lori Vallow Daybell’s murder trial. Daybell is in the middle between two men, all looking somber.

Something from Nothing

Painter, animator, illustrator, and silhouettist Susan Bin

by Max J. Krupnick

A formal portrait or José Olivarez in a gold chain and velvet suit jacket, standing amid red drapes and palm plants.

For the Homies

In José Olivarez’s poetry, the political is personal.

by Josie Abugov

Impatience Is a Virtue

Violinist-multitasker Sumire Hirotsuru

by Jacob Sweet

Poster for Dos farkishefte shnayderl (the bewitched little tailor) in Paris, c. 1935

Charades with Chutzpah

Harvard’s Yiddish Theater Collection

by Max J. Krupnick

Watercolor painting of alligators in a swamp

Master Watercolorists

Works by Sargent, Homer, and others at the Worcester Art Museum

by Nell Porter-Brown

An image of the covers for Stay True and Then the War, overlaid with a gold Pulitzer Prize medal

The 2023 Pulitzer Prizes

Carl Phillips and Hua Hsu honored in poetry and memoir

by Lydialyle Gibson